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Frank Andrea Miller (March 28, 1925 – February 17, 1983) was an American
The Papers of Frank Miller
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Frank Andrea Miller (March 28, 1925 – February 17, 1983) was an American editorial cartoonist
An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curren ...
. He was a cartoonist for the ''Des Moines Register
''The Des Moines Register'' is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa.
History Early period
The first newspaper in Des Moines was the ''Iowa Star''. In July 1849, Barlow Granger began the paper in an abandoned log cabin by the junction ...
'' from 1953 to 1983. In 1963, Miller received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary is one of the fourteen Pulitzer Prizes that is annually awarded for journalism in the United States. It is the successor to the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning awarded from 1922 t ...
for his notable editorial cartoon on nuclear warfare which depicts a world destroyed and one ragged figure saying to another, "I said—we sure settled that dispute, didn't we!"
Awards
* 1953 - National Headliner Award * 1963 -Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary is one of the fourteen Pulitzer Prizes that is annually awarded for journalism in the United States. It is the successor to the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning awarded from 1922 t ...
Publications
* Miller, Frank. ''Frank Miller Looks At Life'',Des Moines Register
''The Des Moines Register'' is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa.
History Early period
The first newspaper in Des Moines was the ''Iowa Star''. In July 1849, Barlow Granger began the paper in an abandoned log cabin by the junction ...
, 1962.
* Miller, Frank. ''Cartoons as Commentary: Three Decades at the Register'', Des Moines Register, 1983.
* Miller, Frank & Miller, Mindy. "Portraits of Alcoholism, "Plain Talk Publishing, Des Moines, 1988.
External links
The Papers of Frank Miller
held by the Special Collections Department,
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...
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